Your premise is bogus and entirely based on hindsight. The initial spat between Linus and Andrew was based on their approaches to system design not on the merits of their programming or design abilities.
What is bogus about being interested in such a confluence of unlikely events? I can not imagine a human interest piece in the NYT not including this in the narrative.
What does hindsight have to do with anything? It seems that any discussion about the relationship of two individuals is always retrospective...
